Definition
a primitive root; to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
Traditional renderings: abide, accomplish, × be clearer, confirm, continue, decree, × be dim, endure, × enemy, enjoin, get up, make good, help, hold, (help to) lift up (again), make, × but newly, ordain, perform, pitch, raise (up), rear (up), remain, (a-) rise (up) (again, against), rouse up, set (up), (e-) stablish, (make to) stand (up), stir up, strengthen, succeed, (as-, make) sure(-ly), (be) up(-hold, -rising).
Traditional renderings: abide, accomplish, × be clearer, confirm, continue, decree, × be dim, endure, × enemy, enjoin, get up, make good, help, hold, (help to) lift up (again), make, × but newly, ordain, perform, pitch, raise (up), rear (up), remain, (a-) rise (up) (again, against), rouse up, set (up), (e-) stablish, (make to) stand (up), stir up, strengthen, succeed, (as-, make) sure(-ly), (be) up(-hold, -rising).
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders קָמָי:
- ἀνίστημιanistēmi“to arise”73%
- ἵστημιhistēmi“to stand”13%
- ἐγείρωegeirō“to arise”3%
- μένωmenō“to stay”2%
- ἐπανίστημιepanistēmi“to rebel against”1%
Usage patterns
Occurrences
628 total
- Genesis 49:9יְקִימֶֽנּוּ׃ · dares to rouse himJudah is a young lion—my son, you return from the prey. Like a lion he crouches and lies down; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him?
- Exodus 1:8וַיָּ֥קָם · came to powerThen a new king, who did not know Joseph, came to power in Egypt.
- Exodus 2:17וַיָּ֤קָם · rose upAnd when some shepherds came along and drove them away, Moses rose up to help them and watered their flock.
- Exodus 6:4הֲקִמֹ֤תִי · establishedI also established My covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land where they lived as foreigners.
- Exodus 10:23קָ֛מוּ · leftNo one could see anyone else, and for three days no one left his place. Yet all the Israelites had light in their dwellings.
- Exodus 12:30וַיָּ֨קָם · got upDuring the night Pharaoh got up—he and all his officials and all the Egyptians—and there was loud wailing in Egypt; for there was no house without someone dead.
- Exodus 12:31ק֤וּמוּ · Get upThen Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said, “Get up, leave my people, both you and the Israelites! Go, worship the LORD as you have requested.
- Exodus 15:7קָמֶ֑יךָ · Your adversariesYou overthrew Your adversaries by Your great majesty. You unleashed Your burning wrath; it consumed them like stubble.
- Exodus 21:19יָק֞וּם · the other can get up…then the one who struck him shall go unpunished, as long as the other can get up and walk around outside with his staff. Nevertheless, he must compensate the man for his lost work and see that he is completely healed.
- Exodus 24:13וַיָּ֣קָם · set outSo Moses set out with Joshua his attendant and went up on the mountain of God.
- Exodus 26:30וַהֲקֵמֹתָ֖ · So you are to set upSo you are to set up the tabernacle according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.
- Exodus 32:1ק֣וּם׀ · ComeNow when the people saw that Moses was delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him!”
- Exodus 32:6וַיָּקֻ֖מוּ · and got upSo the next day they arose, offered burnt offerings, and presented peace offerings. And the people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.
- Exodus 32:25בְּקָמֵיהֶֽם׃ · to their enemiesMoses saw that the people were out of control, for Aaron had let them run wild and become a laughingstock to their enemies.
- Exodus 33:8יָק֙וּמוּ֙ · would standThen, whenever Moses went out to the tent, all the people would stand at the entrances to their own tents and watch Moses until he entered the tent.
- Exodus 33:10וְקָ֤ם · would stand upWhen all the people saw the pillar of cloud standing at the entrance to the tent, they would stand up and worship, each one at the entrance to his own tent.
- Exodus 40:2תָּקִ֕ים · you are to set up“On the first day of the first month you are to set up the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting.
- Exodus 40:17הוּקַ֖ם · was set upSo the tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month of the second year.
- Exodus 40:18וַיָּ֨קֶם · set up; וַיָּ֖קֶם · and set upWhen Moses set up the tabernacle, he laid its bases, positioned its frames, inserted its crossbars, and set up its posts.
- Exodus 40:33וַיָּ֣קֶם · And Moses set upAnd Moses set up the courtyard around the tabernacle and the altar, and he hung the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard. So Moses finished the work.
- Leviticus 19:32תָּק֔וּם · You are to riseYou are to rise in the presence of the elderly, honor the aged, and fear your God. I am the LORD.
- Leviticus 25:30וְ֠קָםIf it is not redeemed by the end of a full year, then the house in the walled city is permanently transferred to its buyer and his descendants. It is not to be released in the Jubilee.
- Leviticus 26:1תָקִ֣ימוּ · or set up“You must not make idols for yourselves or set up a carved image or sacred pillar; you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down to it. For I am the LORD your God.
- Leviticus 26:9וַהֲקִימֹתִ֥י · and I will establishI will turn toward you and make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will establish My covenant with you.
- Leviticus 27:14יָקֽוּם׃ · The price will standNow if a man consecrates his house as holy to the LORD, then the priest shall value it either as good or bad. The price will stand just as the priest values it.
- Leviticus 27:17יָקֽוּם׃ · the price will standIf he consecrates his field during the Year of Jubilee, the price will stand according to your valuation.
- Leviticus 27:19וְקָ֥ם · and it shall belongAnd if the one who consecrated the field decides to redeem it, he must add a fifth to the assessed value, and it shall belong to him.
- Numbers 1:51יָקִ֥ימוּ · are to set it upWhenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever it is to be pitched, the Levites are to set it up. Any outsider who goes near it must be put to death.
- Numbers 7:1לְהָקִ֣ים · setting upOn the day Moses finished setting up the tabernacle, he anointed and consecrated it and all its furnishings, along with the altar and all its utensils.
- Numbers 9:15הָקִ֣ים · was set upOn the day that the tabernacle, the Tent of the Testimony, was set up, the cloud covered it and appeared like fire above the tabernacle from evening until morning.
- Numbers 10:21וְהֵקִ֥ימוּ · was to be set upThen the Kohathites set out, transporting the holy objects; the tabernacle was to be set up before their arrival.
- Numbers 10:35קוּמָ֣ה׀ · Rise upWhenever the ark set out, Moses would say, “Rise up, O LORD! May Your enemies be scattered; may those who hate You flee before You.”
- Numbers 11:32וַיָּ֣קָם · stayed upAll that day and night, and all the next day, the people stayed up gathering the quail. No one gathered less than ten homers, and they spread them out all around the camp.
- Numbers 16:2וַיָּקֻ֙מוּ֙ · a rebellion…a rebellion against Moses, along with 250 men of Israel renowned as leaders of the congregation and representatives in the assembly.
- Numbers 16:25וַיָּ֣קָם · got upSo Moses got up and went to Dathan and Abiram, and the elders of Israel followed him.
- Numbers 22:13וַיָּ֤קָם · got upSo Balaam got up the next morning and said to Balak’s princes, “Go back to your homeland, because the LORD has refused to let me go with you.”
- Numbers 22:14וַיָּק֙וּמוּ֙ · aroseAnd the princes of Moab arose, returned to Balak, and said, “Balaam refused to come with us.”
- Numbers 22:20ק֖וּם · get upThat night God came to Balaam and said, “Since these men have come to summon you, get up and go with them, but you must only do what I tell you.”
- Numbers 22:21וַיָּ֤קָם · got upSo in the morning Balaam got up, saddled his donkey, and went with the princes of Moab.
- Numbers 23:18ק֤וּם · AriseThen Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Arise, O Balak, and listen; give ear to me, O son of Zippor.
- Numbers 23:19יְקִימֶֽנָּה׃ · fulfillGod is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
- Numbers 23:24יָק֔וּם · riseBehold, the people rise like a lioness; they rouse themselves like a lion, not resting until they devour their prey and drink the blood of the slain.”
- Numbers 24:9יְקִימֶ֑נּוּ · dares to rouse himHe crouches, he lies down like a lion, like a lioness—who dares to rouse him? Blessed are those who bless you and cursed are those who curse you.”
- Numbers 24:17וְקָ֥ם · will ariseI see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come forth from Jacob, and a scepter will arise from Israel. He will crush the skulls of Moab and strike down all the sons of Sheth.
- Numbers 24:25וַיָּ֣קָם · aroseThen Balaam arose and returned to his homeland, and Balak also went on his way.
- Numbers 25:7וַיָּ֙קָם֙ · got upOn seeing this, Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, got up from the assembly, took a spear in his hand,
- Numbers 30:4וְקָ֙מוּ֙ · shall stand; יָקֽוּם׃…and her father hears about her vow or pledge but says nothing to her, then all the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand.
- Numbers 30:5יָק֑וּם · shall standBut if her father prohibits her on the day he hears about it, then none of the vows or pledges by which she has bound herself shall stand. The LORD will absolve her because her father has prohibited her.